They see Richard Hammond racing against Jeremy Clarkson in what looks to be a Ford Mustang GT and Ford Focus RS, respectively.

From the photos, it looks like the pair were replicating "donut" spins on a track - could they have been mocking the recent controversy that Top Gear encountered when they were filming in the heart of London, or do they just want to put those cars through their paces?

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Images published in the press back in March showed one of Top Gear's hosts Matt LeBlanc and driver Ken Block appearing to drive "donuts" near the Cenotaph war memorial in London's Whitehall.

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